Look around, it’s 2015, and the era of the selfie is upon us. Well, actually, it has been upon us for several years now. If you do not know what a selfie is by now, you are severely living in the Stone Age. Now-a-days you see people of all ages, gender, ethnicity, social status- snapping away at hundreds of selfies. It is a craze that many initially thought was just a fad, but has proven to be much more than that.

Over the past half decade, taking selfies has gone from something that few people would do in public, and even when they were alone would still try to make it quick as if someone was going to catch them in their embarrassing act, to a trend that has gone viral and is now acceptable within society virtually everywhere.

Here are nine quick fun facts that you may have not known about selfies:

The estimated median age of a person that takes a selfie is 23.7 years old.

Facebook users’ share of all selfies shared on social media is at 48%

35 million selfies have been posted on Instagram to date.

The city with the most selfies on Instagram is Makati, Philippines.

The city with the second most selfies shared on Instagram is New York City, New York.

Snapchat’s share of overall selfies shared on social media is only5%

50% of all male college students share selfies on Snapchat.

77% of all female college students share selfies on Snapchat.

Kylie Jenner has the most Instagram selfies of any celebrity in the world (451 selfies).

Indeed, a lot of people partake in the selfie game. Speaking of famous selfie-takers, let’s take a look at the 9 Most Famous Selfies according to Yahoo.com:

9. Pope Francis Selfie

“Though Pope Francis wasn’t the selfie-taker in the first ever papal selfie, he was a willing participant. We’ve heard that this pope is one of the most progressive leaders the Catholic Church has ever seen. Here’s photographic evidence.

8. The Smartest Selfie of All-Time

Here’s a smart-guy selfie sandwich, featuring President Barack Obama squished between Bill Nye the Science Guy and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. C’mon, Instagram. Can we get a few more likes for this one?

7. Monkeys Take Selfies?

Monkey see, monkey selfie? When a black macaque got hold of a wildlife photographer’s camera, she proceeded to take a couple of pictures of herself (pretty nice snaps, too). The pictures and full story from the photographer were featured in an article by the Daily Mail in 2011.

This image of a floating astronaut was uploaded to the NASA website and subsequently tweeted by BuzzFeed’s Andrew Kaczynski as the “Best selfie ever.” The post gained almost 3,000 retweets and more than 1,000 favorites instantly! We think this selfie deserves “space” on our list (not funny, I know)!

I don’t think you’re ready for this selfie. Though easily mistaken for a photobomb (a topic for a whole other listicle), the “Beyonce and fan” photo, taken during one of the star’s concerts, was confirmed to be an unplanned selfie on the picture-taker’s Tumblr.

2. Dark Side Selfie

Capturing the true power of the Dark Side of the selfie, Disney decided to start its Star Wars Instagram account with Darth Vader grabbing a picture of himself. One might point out that this isn’t a selfie; in fact, it’s a picture of Vader taking a selfie. Close enough, right?

1. The Most Infamous Selfie EVER

And of course, the most notorious selfie of all time. . .

Unless you’ve been living under a rock with no wifi or social media, you’ll probably recognize the most shared tweet of all time: the above selfie. The tweet, thought of by Ellen DeGeneres and Samsung, dethroned President Obama’s 2012 “Four more years” tweet .

DeGeneres, Bradley Cooper and other Hollywood stars were able to pull-in more than 2 million retweets for their selfie. The selfie, which started as an Internet curiosity, is now officially a mainstream trend that celebrities, astronauts, popes, presidents and animals have all gotten in on.”

However, imagine how awesome this selfie would have been had Bradley Cooper had longer arms. It would’ve captured several more Hollywood celebrities and got their full faces into the frame: In comes the new innovative product; the selfie stick.

Basically, it doesn’t get better than this. Well, yes it does because you can also print your company logo on the stick! That’s right, you can promote your company by taking a selfie. How cool is that!? That makes this product a perfect promotional item to bring on corporate trips and events. Order yours HERE!

We’d like to hear back from you. Which selfies do you think deserve to be on the list? Do you think that your own selfies could make this list? You can tweet usor Like us on Facebook to let us know!

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